# Re: \[PATCH net-next\] modules: allow modprobe load regular elf binaries

- From: David Miller \<davem@davemloft.net\>
- Date: 2018-03-09 18:35:13 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2018/03/5221331
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2018/03/5221306/t.md

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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2018 10:17:42 -0800

>  - use deny_write_access() to make sure that we don't have active
> writers and cannot get them during the execve.

I agree that this is necessary for image validation purposes.
```